Horseshoe.



I. POLLINGHER. Hbasnsnon. APPLIOATIONTYFILBD JULY 28, 1912.

L,U3,889. Patented Jan. 6, 1914 A; Attorney ISIDORE IPOLLINGHER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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I Application filed J'u1y2 3, 1912. Serial No. 711,100.

To all whom it may concern 1 Be it known that I, Ismonn POLLINGHER, a citizen of the United- States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of horse shoes and more particularly to the class wherein bands or straps are used instead of the usual nails.

' An object of my invention is to provide a shoe of such novel and peculiar construction as to be easily and quickly fastened to the hoof of a horse and securely held thereon by means of a strap.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide a shoe of such simple operation as to enable any man to attach the same to his horse Without the assistance of a blacksmith or other person skilled in the art of shoeing.

A further" object of my invention is to provide a strap adapted to' be fastened in such a manner as to firmly grasp the hoof on all sides and to protect the back or tender part of the horses hoof.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a shoe with a strap connection so constructed as to afford means whereby the strap may be fastened Without the use of a buckle.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view my invention consists in such details of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention-in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the c application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fi 4: is a detail View of the strap hook, and Fig. 5 is a section of the strap hook showing the strap connection.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates the metal shoe shaped in the usual manner, andhaving toe flanges or plates 2 and side flanges 3 projecting upwardly to hold the hoof t in correct position upon the shoe 1. Between the flanges 2 and 3 on cach side of the shoe I provide upright members 5 and 6 so shaped-as to lair one toward the other and toward the front of the shoe, and each having a horizontal slot 7 at the top thereof. Near the rear of the shoe on each side thereof are similar uprights 8 and 9 also shaped ing-the shoe 1 inplace on the hoof comprises a strap 11 having one end secured as at 12 to the rear upright 8, from which point the strap is broadened so as to form a pad or cushion 13 for that part of the strap 11 which passes over the rear or tender parts of the hoof. After extending from the said upright 8 across the back of the hoof. the strap'is then passed around the second upright 9, through one of the perpendicular slots 10, and back again through the other slot 10 on the same upright, it then extends diagonally across the hoof to the front upright 5, over the top thereof, through the slot 7, across the front of the hoof, into the slot 7 of the upright 6, from which point it again diagonally crosses the hoof so as to return to its starting point at the rear upright .8, where it is securely fastened by means of a tongue 14 on the said jupright 8. The strap 11 may be loosened or tight ened by simply pulling the free end thereof and adjusting the strap over the said tongue 14 by means of holes 15 formed therein.

It will be seen from the above disclosure that the shoe may be easily and quickly re moved or adjusted without the use of any tools whatsoever; that when once tightly hooked the shoe is securely held in place, and that by reasonofthe special strap ma nipulatioritlie hoof is universally gripped on an sides", thus pi' oducing a rigid and ellicient means for holding the shoe in place.

The uprights, it will be observed are bent so as to conform to the slut ie of a hoof and in which manner tend to hold the shoe in place, should the. strap for any reason he Having thus fully described my inven t-ion What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 3+" provided With horizontal s10ts, uprig1its proectmg from the rear of said shoe and p170- vided with spaced apart perpendicuiar slots,

a strap, attached to one of said reanuprightsand extending through afl'ef said slots and means including a fastening element secured upon one of: the rear supports between said spaced apart slots for engaging said strep substantially as described.

In a deviceof the character described,-

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nosaese 1 front uprights having a single horizental slot a-t the top thereof and extending toward the front and toward eachother', rear up- 20 "rights having 'perpendieula-r slots at the top thereof'and extending toward the rear and toward each other, a, strap secured to one of said rear uprights and extending through all of said islotsflt tongue carried by one of 5 the'r'ear uprights and adapted to holdthe free end of {the strap for fastening the shoe on the heof,.substantially as shown and for thep ufpose described.

' it ISIDORE PQLLINGHER Y Witnesses:

ESTHER (X) STONE, mark.

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